Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-05
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prevented by Reagan's az object" Mr.
J Baker of New York was one OF the fore
most in the futile endeavor, and FINALLY
| abandoned the fight and made point oil
order on the member from Palestine, say
| ing: SIT is now past l O'Clock, anC
! strictly speaking, this is March 5. The
gentleman from Texas. Mr.. Reagan, i:
lot member Of this body and cannot Oh
ject to measures, be belongs on the otheI
side of the capitol" This was received
good naturediy by the House with shouts
of laughter, and the dilatOry motions con-
tnued.
THE SCENE IN THE TWO HOUSES.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March TT is improba-
Bile that such a sorry scene was ever
presented by any legislative bod7 as that
witnessed IN the House at 10 o'clock this
morning. Paper and tobacco guilds and
stubs Of cigars and other debris covered
the carpet so completely that one could
not discover the color Of that article. The
members had been up continuously for
almost twenty eight hours, and were sore
headed, sleepy and uncharitable. There
vas great ClGmor to get recognition,
and some members stood up and howled
themselves hOarse, and in anger tore up
their bills and reports and flung
them on the floor in full
view Of the Speaker. One of the most
persistent for recognition was Mr..
Weaver of Nebraska He had bill ap-
propriating 100000 for enlargement
of government buildings at Omaha, and
for en- hour he stood beside his seat and
called for the Speakers eve. He tried
every possible scheme in parliamentary
tactics, even resorting to rising to a
question of privilege, to a question OF
order or to make parliamentary inquiry,
which he would turn into q plea upon
getting recognition for consideration of
his bill. Then Mr.. Weaver went down in
front of the Speakers desk and
spent the remaining hour pleading,
trading, combining and then deuounCing,
but it was all to no avsil. He finally
iabored for fifteen minutes with Mr..
Springer, who objected to consideration
of the measure, and WHO sternly refused
to withdraw his objection. When Mr..
Reed offered the resolution On part of the
House thanking the Spec ker for his uni
formly impartial administration of the
functions of presiding officer and the
Speaker had replied in feeling terms, and
when all was quiet and everybody
else was in his seat, ar. Weaver
stood alone in the semi-circle
in front of the chair with his Omaha bill
and the accompanying report ready to
ask recognition. This is but one of the
very many instances of how hours We're
spent in anxious effort to do what it had
been decided days ago should not be
done.
In the Senate, there was better order;
IN fact one would not have been impre ssed
by casual glance there that q session
was drawing to a close. While in. the
House there was an uprOSr on the floor
which rivaled bedlsm, and a crowd IN
the galleries and corridors making it
almost impossible for one to move
about or breathe. There was the
same cold and s emiDg Indifferent atmos-
phere in the Senate which at all times
marks it from the order Of the House.
BY tomorrow night twO-thirds of the
legislators will be out of the city and on
their way home, and by the end Of next
week very few will remain. At least one
person will be glad of their radiance, and
that is President Cleveland. He says he
Will be happy to have rest from the in
creasing opportunities for Office which he
has had to withstand for months.
There will be lull in Washington for q
few weeks then it will grow breezy
Statesmen and politicians Will come in
for official business or offices. Talk will
begin about nominations next year, the
presidential business will open, and
schemers will begin TO scheme, so that
before autumn the national capital is ex-
pected topresent most active and inter-
esting field.
MORE BILLS APPROVED.
WASHINGTON, March THE following
bills were approved by the President be-
fore he left the Viii House for the c4pi-
tOl to-day: An act in reference to the Or
ganizstion of reserve national banks; to
provide for settling the accounts of the
Nicksburg and Meridian Railroad Com
plny; for bridge across the Mississippi
river near Winona, Mimi; for bridge
across the Missouri river at Pierre, D. I. !;
for bridge across the Tennessee
river near Music Shoals canal |
tor the return Of Twigg's |
sword; to repeal certain provisions
Of the law relating 10 the purchase of !
arms for use of the states; for erection |
Of United States barracks al Newport, !
kv.; making appropriations for legisla- |
tive, executive and Judicial expenses of
The government; mabipg appropriations |
Tor PostoffiCe Department; to regulate |
the Jurisdiction of Circuit courts; max |
Lg appropriations for the naval service. |
BILLS THAT FAIL.
The following bills passed both houses,
cut as they Were not signed by the Presi- /
lent they failed to become law
rne river and har)0r bill; the claim of W.
H Emery for 100000; bill to restore
'aptain Allied Iceberg, Fifteenth Infant
y, to the army; bill relating to promo
ions in the meeiCal corps, United States
bill TO prevent employment of
lien labor; bill to pen the strip of pub
ic land south of Kansas for settle nent;
ills for construction of public buildings
n Monroe, La, and Saginaw, Mich; bill
method for settling contro-
'ersies between Interstate railroads; bill
o annex part of Idaho to Washington
erritory; bill for printing the maps OF
he General Land Office, aud number of
,rivste relief bills. 1t was understood up
o late hour of the forenoon that the
would not occupy room st
he Capitol, as has been the Gus
ON of his predecessors, but, new.
rtheless, he came near being iniu
need doubtless to some extent by